WLS reports it happened at the Chicagoland Fishing, Travel and Outdoor Expo in Schaumburg.

Police said the girl was petting the 17-foot python at the snake exhibit when she was bitten in the neck and chest area.

She was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

"We have three grandkids, you know we worry about our dog biting our grandkids," said Expo attendee Janie Tiffany. "But to have a python bite a little 4-year-old girl, I would be devastated if I was the mother."